by Nelson Bailey | Dec 24, 2017 | Health & Safety, Pipelines, Politics of energy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. pipeline safety office is struggling to inspect natural gas storage sites and uphold other standards on the facilities, according to a report released by the General Accountability Office on Friday After a leak at...
by Nelson Bailey | Dec 24, 2017 | Politics of energy, Sustainability
LINCOLN — The future of the Keystone XL pipeline became even more muddled Tuesday with further delays expected. The Nebraska Public Service Commission unanimously rejected TransCanada’s request to amend its application for a route across Nebraska. TransCanada said it...
by Nelson Bailey | Dec 21, 2017 | Politics of energy
A group of landowners, conservation groups and a member of the Virginia House of Delegates brought a court challenge Monday to a state board’s finding that a natural gas pipeline would pose no danger to the streams and creeks that lie in its path. The petition for...
by Nelson Bailey | Dec 20, 2017 | Economic Impacts, Fossil Fuels
Dominion and Duke Energy got more bad news about their controversial Atlantic Coast Pipeline project this month, with North Carolina regulators announcing they would not issue the necessary air quality permit for a planned compressor station in Northampton County by...
by Nelson Bailey | Dec 18, 2017 | Economic Impacts, Fossil Fuels, Pipelines
To the editor: The front page of the Nov. 12 Herald-Mail reported on the rebuilding of the Conococheague Aqueduct in Williamsport, an $8.9 million project to enhance and promote tourism of the C&O Canal National Historical Park. Then, on Nov. 17 came the news...
